Car-replacing device



W. MATNE Y.

CAR REPLACING DEVICE. APPLICATION FILED NOV-3, 1919.

1,347,349. Patented Ju y 20, 1920.

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WILLIAM MA'INEY, or STACY, VIRGINIA.

CAR-REPLACING DEVICE.

' and State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Car-Replacing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a device for replacing cars upon the rails of a track.

It is the purpose of my invention to provide a car replacing device of simple and efficient construction, and one which is reversible so that it may be employed for placing cars upon a track in either direction.

It is also the purpose of my invention to provide a car replacing device which has interfitting connections with the heads of the rails of a track and means associated with the device which coacts with the rails for securely holding the device in operative position.

I will describe one form of car replacing device embodying my invention and will then point out. the novel features thereof in claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure l is a view, showing in top plan a railway track having applied thereto one form of car replacing device embodying my invention; 7 a

Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional View, taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view, taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail view, showing one of the fro members of the device shown in Fig. 1; an

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4, showing the other frog member shown in Fig. 1. 7 Referring specifically to the drawings and particularly to Fig. 1, 1 designates a railway (track comprising rails R and R which are .1 supported upon ties A. The car replacing device which forms the subject-matter of my invention comprises a frog member F applied to the inner side of the rail R, and a second frog member F applied to the outer side ,of the rail R. As shown to advantage in Fig. 4, the frog member F comprises a body: formed of any suitable metal which is tapered in height from the delivery end to the pick-up end and as shown in Fig. 1 such body is tapered in 'width fromthe pick-up Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 20, 1920.

Application filed November 3, 1919. Serial No. 335,251.

end to the delivery end. 15 designates the upper inclined face of the body of the frog member F which is provided centrally thereof with a longitudinally extending rib 16. As shown in Fig. 1, the rib 16 is coextensive 1n length with the body of the frog member and as illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3 such rib is tapered in width from the pick-up end to the delivery end and is formed with oppositely inclined sides. Terminating at the delivery end of the body portion of the .member F and extending to a point approximately medial of its length are recessed portions 17 and 17 formed at corresponding points on the side walls of such body. These recessed portions 17 and 17 are tapered from the delivery end of the body portion, as clearly shown in Fig. 4:, to provide upwardly-inclined shoulders 18 and 18 a respectively. The under side of the frog member F is formed centrally thereof with a longitudinally extending flange 19 which is adapted to abut the face of a rail to assist in properly positioning the frog member with relation to the rail. As will be seen from Figs. 2 and 3, this flange 19 is'tapered in width from the pick-up end to the delivery end of the frog member, and at opposite sides of the flange 19 the frog is provided with grooves 19 which are designed to accommodate the usual securing spikes and to thereby allow the frog to lie snugly and evenly on the rail flange.

For securing the-frog member F in operative position with relation to the rail R, I provide a pair of chains C and C, which are passed beneath the base of a rail and engage its outer edge. As shown in Figs. 1 and 4 one end of the chain C is connected to the delivery end of the frog member F by means of an eye 20, while its opposite end is provided with a hook 21, which embraces the outer edge of the rail B. As shown in Fig. 3, one end of the chain 0 is connected to the under side of the frog member by means of an eye 22 while its opposite end is provided with a hook 23 which embraces the outer edge of the rail B. As an additional means for securing the frog member F in,

is placed. As shown in Figs. 1 and 3 the spike K is adapted to extend into one of the ties A, thus providing a further securing means for the frog member.

The frog member F is identical in construction to the frog member F with the exception that the upper face 15 of the body portion is recessed at the delivery end to accommodate ahead II which is formed integral with or suitably securedto the bod provide channels 27 and 27 a for receiving and engaging the head of the rail R, as clearly'shown in Fig. 2. The frog member F is also provided with chains C and C and openings 2& and 25 to receive the spike K for retaining the member in operative position with relation to the rail'R.

- From the'above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and manner of'employing thefrogs F 'and'F of the replacing device will be readily apparent.- With the frog member F in the position shown in Fig. 1, the recessl? receives the inner side ofthe head of the rail R, the shoulder 18'abutting the under side of the rail head, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The flange 19 abuts the inner edge of the rail R and because of the taper of such flange, the frog member F is caused to assume an angular position with the rail R, in which position the rib 16 is inclined toward the rail, as clearly shown in Fig. 1. The frog member F when in applied position to the rail R, also assumes an angular position with relation to such rail so that its rib 16 is also inclined toward the rail. As shown in Fig. 2, the channel27 1'e ceives the outer side of the head of the rail R with the flange 19 also abutting the base of the rail as has been described in connection with the frog member F.

Assuming a car to be derailed, the wheels of the car which are conventionally illustrated at W, are pushed forward until the flanges of the wheels ride upon the frogs and upon those sides of the rib 16 nearest the rail, the ribs serving to guide the wheels toward the head of the rails. As the wheels reach the delivery end of the frog members.

7 the wheel WV engages the side wall 26 of the 7 head H, and said wheel being inclined toward'the rail head, it will be obvious that the wheel W will slide onto-the rail.

Ythe rail R by virtue of the rib 16, as willbe and F are so constructed that they coact In the meantime, the wheel IV is moved onto' ,a rail. In a car replacing device, a'frog member comprising a tapered body having an with the chains and the rails to prevent slipping-of the same when in applied position. It will be further noted that the frog members are extremely simple in construction and can be readily attached to or detached from therails of a track.

Although I have herein shown'and described only one form of car replacing device embodying my invention, it is to be understood that various-changes and modifications may be made herein without departing from the spirit of the invention and the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. A car replacing device comprising a pair of frog members, each member comprising a tapered body having an inclined upper face, a rib formed centrally of said face and having inclined side walls, said body having the side walls thereof formed with recessed.

portions to provide shoulders which are "adapted to engage the under side of the head of a rail, a depending flange formed on the under side of said body and extending longitudinally thereof, saidflange having inclined sides and tapering in width, chains secured to the under side of said body portion, and hooks carried-bysaid chains which are adapted to engage the base of a rail.

2. A car replacing device comprising a pair of frog members, each member compris ing a tapered body having an' inclined upper face, a rib formed centrally of said face and having inclined side walls, said body having the side walls thereof formed with recessed portionsto provide shoulders'which are adapted to engage the under side of the head of a rail, a depending flange formed on theunder side of said body and provideachannel which is adapted to receive and embrace the head of a rail.

In a car replacing device, a frog member comprising a tapered body portion having an upwardly inclined upper face, a rib formed centrally onsaid face and coextensive in length therewith, shouldersfformed' on the opposite sides of said body below saidiupper face, a flange formed on the lower face of said body, said flange being coextensive in length with said body and tapered in width, and flexible means for securing said;

body inoperative position with relation to upwardly inclined upper face, a rib disposed formed on the bottom face of said body and centrally of said base and extending longitua head arranged at the upper end of said dinally thereof, said rib being tapered in upper face and projecting beyond the sides 10 Width from the lower end of said face toof said body so as to coact with said Shoul- ,Ward the upper end thereof, shoulders ders to provide rail receiving channels.

formed on the opposite sides of said body below said upper face, a tapered flange WILLIAM MATNEY. 

